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Mauritius Stamp Resource Page for the collector of Mauritius Stamps

Mauritius Resource Page for the Stamp and Postal History Collector

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Mauritius
  • Captured from France in 1810, independent within the Commonwealth (as a republic since 1992), was in 1847 the first British colony and the fifth country in the world to issue postage stamps. 
  • Mauritius was also the first colony to order stamps via the Crown Agents (1848), the world's first surcharges  were prepared in 1854, though not issued until 1858. 
  • The definitive issues from 1860 onwards, notably the Queen's head and Arms types, are full of interest for the philatelist and postal historian alike. 
  • Also of great interest is the pre-adhesive postal history, of both French (before 1810) and British (after 1810) periods.


PHILATELIC SOCIETIES for Colectors of Mauritius Stamps and Postal History

Indian Ocean Study Circle (UK)


NEW ISSUES - Mauritius Stamps

 Mauritius Philatelic Bureau 
General Post Office
Quay Street, Port Louis, Mauritius
Tel (+230) 208 2851  Fax (+230) 212 9640

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Selected Links - Mauritius Stamps and Mauritius Postal History
Classic Stamps of Mauritius 
by Peter M.C. Werner

Stamps of Mauritius

MAURITIUS LOCAL & RURAL POSTS 1840-1890
by Dave Tarry

First Stamps of Mauritius



BOOKS on Mauritius Stamps and Mauritius Postal History
POST OFFICE MAURITIUS - 1847 The Tale of Two Stamps
by Michael Harrison, 1947, 52 pages
This little publication which was printed on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the famous "Blue and Red MAURITIUS" and tells the story of the few surviving stamps of this issue known. It contains a little sheet with two reprints of the famous stamps.

Accountancy & To Pay Marks 1860-1876
by J. W. B. Ruffle, 1985, 38pp, Indian Ocean Study Circle 

Maritime Mails 1815-1868
by J. W. B. Ruffle, 1987-1988, 100 pages 

Picture Postcards 1901-1955
by A. de Kervern, Indian Ocean Study Circle 1991, 72pp 

Mauritius Postal History and Stamps
by Peter Ibbottson, published by Indian Ocean Study Circle, 1995
ISBN 0952640708 

The Provisional Stamp Issues
by Baker

The Coat of Arms Issues
by Baker

The B53  Obliterators of Mauritius
by Baker
 


PHILATELIC MUSEUMS
Mauritius Postal Museum
Place Du Quai
Port Louis

Blue Penny Museum
Caudan Waterfront
Port Louis